[July 16, 2010]
 Civil War on Missouri’s Railroads
City of Pacific to Unveil First Marker on U.S. Grant Trail
 PACIFIC, MO. July 16, 2010 – On Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the City of Pacific, Missouri is hosting an event to highlight its role in Missouri’s Civil War.  Pacific is an important rail center that straddles Franklin County and St. Louis County, on Interstate 44 thirty miles …... Read more >

Missouri Celebrates U. S. Grant
Civil War General and President died 125 years ago this month.
 
This July 23 is the 125th anniversary of the death of General and President Ulysses S. Grant.  His adopted home state is making plans to commemorate his passing.  Grant lived in St. Louis before and after the Civil War, and his early Civil War career was concentrated in Missouri.
 
A driving trail to highli…... Read more >

PACIFIC, MO. October 19, 2009 – Missouri’s Civil War Heritage Foundation (MCWHF) (www.mocivilwar.org) announced today that the City of Pacific is funding a marketing program that will highlight Pacific’s role in the Civil War.  Pacific’s Board of Alderman voted on October 6, 2009 to fund the program, which was recommended by the city’s Tourism Commission.

As part of the program, Pacific will fund two inter…... Read more >

Bruce Ketchum, Site Administrator for the Deutschheim State Historic Site in Hermann, is heading up a citizens committee that is examining preservation and marketing of the town’s Civil War history.